Owning a Carbon MTB, what to know

[Wernervdmerwe]

So yeah, after a crash where the frame drops directly on a rock, it might cause more damage, but most of the time we fall and the bike does not come down upon the frame directly, the bars and wheels and crank takes much higher impact than the frame.

 

Look at the GT Fury, made out of carbon and during testing they started hitting it with a ball-peen hammer until the hammer broke before the frame. Given, that is a downhill frame, but it does say a lot for the material used.

[Gavinw]

Carbon is all about how you fall, as long as the frame is not impacted by a sharp rock then most times it will survive.

 

I was hesitant to buy a carbon bike, and then I took the plunge and two weeks later I hit a rock after an endo and damaged the frame. I had the frame repaired (most times easier to repair than alu). I have since been riding that frame for more than a year (done Sabie X) without any issues. Carbon definitely more comfortable than Alu when it comes to hardtail.